# frozen_string_literal: true
require "active_support/inflector"
require "active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access"
module ActiveRecord
# = Single table inheritance
#
# Active Record allows inheritance by storing the name of the class in a column that by
# default is named "type" (can be changed by overwriting Base.inheritance_column).
# This means that an inheritance looking like this:
#
# class Company < ActiveRecord::Base; end
# class Firm < Company; end
# class Client < Company; end
# class PriorityClient < Client; end
#
# When you do Firm.create(name: "37signals"), this record will be saved in
# the companies table with type = "Firm". You can then fetch this row again using
# Company.where(name: '37signals').first and it will return a Firm object.
#
# Be aware that because the type column is an attribute on the record every new
# subclass will instantly be marked as dirty and the type column will be included
# in the list of changed attributes on the record. This is different from non
# Single Table Inheritance(STI) classes:
#
# Company.new.changed? # => false
# Firm.new.changed? # => true
# Firm.new.changes # => {"type"=>["","Firm"]}
#
# If you don't have a type column defined in your table, single-table inheritance won't
# be triggered. In that case, it'll work just like normal subclasses with no special magic
# for differentiating between them or reloading the right type with find.
#
# Note, all the attributes for all the cases are kept in the same table.
# Read more:
# * https://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/singleTableInheritance.html
#
module Inheritance
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
included do
class_attribute :store_full_class_name, instance_writer: false, default: true
# Determines whether to store the full constant name including namespace when using STI.
# This is true, by default.
class_attribute :store_full_sti_class, instance_writer: false, default: true
set_base_class
end
module ClassMethods
# Determines if one of the attributes passed in is the inheritance column,
# and if the inheritance column is attr accessible, it initializes an
# instance of the given subclass instead of the base class.
def new(attributes = nil, &block)
if abstract_class? || self == Base
raise NotImplementedError, "#{self} is an abstract class and cannot be instantiated."
end
if _has_attribute?(inheritance_column)
subclass = subclass_from_attributes(attributes)
if subclass.nil? && scope_attributes = current_scope&.scope_for_create
subclass = subclass_from_attributes(scope_attributes)
end
if subclass.nil? && base_class?
subclass = subclass_from_attributes(column_defaults)
end
end
if subclass && subclass != self
subclass.new(attributes, &block)
else
super
end
end
# Returns +true+ if this does not need STI type condition. Returns
# +false+ if STI type condition needs to be applied.
def descends_from_active_record?
if self == Base
false
elsif superclass.abstract_class?
superclass.descends_from_active_record?
else
superclass == Base || !columns_hash.include?(inheritance_column)
end
end
def finder_needs_type_condition? # :nodoc:
# This is like this because benchmarking justifies the strange :false stuff
:true == (@finder_needs_type_condition ||= descends_from_active_record? ? :false : :true)
end
# Returns the first class in the inheritance hierarchy that descends from either an
# abstract class or from ActiveRecord::Base.
#
# Consider the following behaviour:
#
# class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
# self.abstract_class = true
# end
# class Shape < ApplicationRecord
# self.abstract_class = true
# end
# Polygon = Class.new(Shape)
# Square = Class.new(Polygon)
#
# ApplicationRecord.base_class # => ApplicationRecord
# Shape.base_class # => Shape
# Polygon.base_class # => Polygon
# Square.base_class # => Polygon
attr_reader :base_class
# Returns whether the class is a base class.
# See #base_class for more information.
def base_class?
base_class == self
end
# Set this to +true+ if this is an abstract class (see
# abstract_class?).
# If you are using inheritance with Active Record and don't want a class
# to be considered as part of the STI hierarchy, you must set this to
# true.
# +ApplicationRecord+, for example, is generated as an abstract class.
#
# Consider the following default behavior:
#
# Shape = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base)
# Polygon = Class.new(Shape)
# Square = Class.new(Polygon)
#
# Shape.table_name # => "shapes"
# Polygon.table_name # => "shapes"
# Square.table_name # => "shapes"
# Shape.create! # => #
# Polygon.create! # => #
# Square.create! # => #
#
# However, when using abstract_class, +Shape+ is omitted from
# the hierarchy:
#
# class Shape < ActiveRecord::Base
# self.abstract_class = true
# end
# Polygon = Class.new(Shape)
# Square = Class.new(Polygon)
#
# Shape.table_name # => nil
# Polygon.table_name # => "polygons"
# Square.table_name # => "polygons"
# Shape.create! # => NotImplementedError: Shape is an abstract class and cannot be instantiated.
# Polygon.create! # => #
# Square.create! # => #
#
# Note that in the above example, to disallow the creation of a plain
# +Polygon+, you should use validates :type, presence: true,
# instead of setting it as an abstract class. This way, +Polygon+ will
# stay in the hierarchy, and Active Record will continue to correctly
# derive the table name.
attr_accessor :abstract_class
# Returns whether this class is an abstract class or not.
def abstract_class?
defined?(@abstract_class) && @abstract_class == true
end
# Sets the application record class for Active Record
#
# This is useful if your application uses a different class than
# ApplicationRecord for your primary abstract class. This class
# will share a database connection with Active Record. It is the class
# that connects to your primary database.
def primary_abstract_class
if ActiveRecord.application_record_class && ActiveRecord.application_record_class.name != name
raise ArgumentError, "The `primary_abstract_class` is already set to #{ActiveRecord.application_record_class.inspect}. There can only be one `primary_abstract_class` in an application."
end
self.abstract_class = true
ActiveRecord.application_record_class = self
end
# Returns the value to be stored in the inheritance column for STI.
def sti_name
store_full_sti_class && store_full_class_name ? name : name.demodulize
end
# Returns the class for the provided +type_name+.
#
# It is used to find the class correspondent to the value stored in the inheritance column.
def sti_class_for(type_name)
if store_full_sti_class && store_full_class_name
type_name.constantize
else
compute_type(type_name)
end
rescue NameError
raise SubclassNotFound,
"The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: '#{type_name}'. " \
"This error is raised because the column '#{inheritance_column}' is reserved for storing the class in case of inheritance. " \
"Please rename this column if you didn't intend it to be used for storing the inheritance class " \
"or overwrite #{name}.inheritance_column to use another column for that information."
end
# Returns the value to be stored in the polymorphic type column for Polymorphic Associations.
def polymorphic_name
store_full_class_name ? base_class.name : base_class.name.demodulize
end
# Returns the class for the provided +name+.
#
# It is used to find the class correspondent to the value stored in the polymorphic type column.
def polymorphic_class_for(name)
if store_full_class_name
name.constantize
else
compute_type(name)
end
end
def dup # :nodoc:
# `initialize_dup` / `initialize_copy` don't work when defined
# in the `singleton_class`.
other = super
other.set_base_class
other
end
def initialize_clone(other) # :nodoc:
super
set_base_class
end
protected
# Returns the class type of the record using the current module as a prefix. So descendants of
# MyApp::Business::Account would appear as MyApp::Business::AccountSubclass.
def compute_type(type_name)
if type_name.start_with?("::")
# If the type is prefixed with a scope operator then we assume that
# the type_name is an absolute reference.
type_name.constantize
else
type_candidate = @_type_candidates_cache[type_name]
if type_candidate && type_constant = type_candidate.safe_constantize
return type_constant
end
# Build a list of candidates to search for
candidates = []
name.scan(/::|$/) { candidates.unshift "#{$`}::#{type_name}" }
candidates << type_name
candidates.each do |candidate|
constant = candidate.safe_constantize
if candidate == constant.to_s
@_type_candidates_cache[type_name] = candidate
return constant
end
end
raise NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{candidates.first}", candidates.first)
end
end
def set_base_class # :nodoc:
@base_class = if self == Base
self
else
unless self < Base
raise ActiveRecordError, "#{name} doesn't belong in a hierarchy descending from ActiveRecord"
end
if superclass == Base || superclass.abstract_class?
self
else
superclass.base_class
end
end
end
private
def inherited(subclass)
super
subclass.set_base_class
subclass.instance_variable_set(:@_type_candidates_cache, Concurrent::Map.new)
subclass.class_eval do
@finder_needs_type_condition = nil
end
end
# Called by +instantiate+ to decide which class to use for a new
# record instance. For single-table inheritance, we check the record
# for a +type+ column and return the corresponding class.
def discriminate_class_for_record(record)
if using_single_table_inheritance?(record)
find_sti_class(record[inheritance_column])
else
super
end
end
def using_single_table_inheritance?(record)
record[inheritance_column].present? && _has_attribute?(inheritance_column)
end
def find_sti_class(type_name)
type_name = base_class.type_for_attribute(inheritance_column).cast(type_name)
subclass = sti_class_for(type_name)
unless subclass == self || descendants.include?(subclass)
raise SubclassNotFound, "Invalid single-table inheritance type: #{subclass.name} is not a subclass of #{name}"
end
subclass
end
def type_condition(table = arel_table)
sti_column = table[inheritance_column]
sti_names = ([self] + descendants).map(&:sti_name)
predicate_builder.build(sti_column, sti_names)
end
# Detect the subclass from the inheritance column of attrs. If the inheritance column value
# is not self or a valid subclass, raises ActiveRecord::SubclassNotFound
def subclass_from_attributes(attrs)
attrs = attrs.to_h if attrs.respond_to?(:permitted?)
if attrs.is_a?(Hash)
subclass_name = attrs[inheritance_column] || attrs[inheritance_column.to_sym]
if subclass_name.present?
find_sti_class(subclass_name)
end
end
end
end
def initialize_dup(other)
super
ensure_proper_type
end
private
def initialize_internals_callback
super
ensure_proper_type
end
# Sets the attribute used for single table inheritance to this class name if this is not the
# ActiveRecord::Base descendant.
# Considering the hierarchy Reply < Message < ActiveRecord::Base, this makes it possible to
# do Reply.new without having to set Reply[Reply.inheritance_column] = "Reply" yourself.
# No such attribute would be set for objects of the Message class in that example.
def ensure_proper_type
klass = self.class
if klass.finder_needs_type_condition?
_write_attribute(klass.inheritance_column, klass.sti_name)
end
end
end
end